Friday Feathered Feature

Eagle Entanglement

Eagle Entanglement

On Monday December 5, I was called to break up a fight. But this wasn’t an ordinary argument—it was between two Bald Eagles that had become entangled so completely that they were stuck together on the ground in front of UW Farms, about half a mile south of Goose Pond.

Madison Audubon photo

Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor

In late October, Goose Pond seed collector Aidan Karlsson and I saw a large bird with crisply pointed-wings and tight black and white stripes fly over us. Immediately I thought it was a Peregrine Falcon, but I wondered: is it likely to see a Peregrine Falcon at Goose Pond at this time of year?

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary?

Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary?

Goose Pond is a prairie pothole freshwater marsh, a rarity among wetland types in Wisconsin. There are 64 million acres of prairie potholes in the U.S. with most located in Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Photo by Arlene Koziol